# 喫

| 喫 | U+55AB, &#21931; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55AB |
| ← 喪 [U+55AA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 喬 → [U+55AC] |
| 喫 | U+2F848, &#194632; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F848 |
| ← 喙 [U+2F847] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 喳 → [U+2F849] |

## Translingual
### Han character

喫 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口手竹大 (RQHK), four-corner 6703$_4$, composition ⿰口契)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 200, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3987
* Dae Jaweon: page 422, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 648, character 7
* Unihan data for U+55AB
* Unihan data for U+2F848

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 喫
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 夆 | *pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds |
| 丯 | *kreːds |
| 瘛 | *kʰjeds, *ɡeːds, *kʰjed |
| 觢 | *ɡjeds |
| 契 | *kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd |
| 栔 | *kʰeːds |
| 禊 | *ɡeːds |
| 稧 | *ɡeːds |
| 楔 | *kreːd, *sqʰeːd |
| 葜 | *kʰreːd |
| 猰 | *qreːd, *kraːd, *kʰeːd |
| 窫 | *qreːd |
| 揳 | *sqʰeːd |
| 偰 | *sqʰeːd |
| 潔 | *keːd |
| 絜 | *keːd, *ɡeːd |
| 鍥 | *keːd, *kʰeːd |
| 挈 | *kʰeːd |
| 蛪 | *kʰeːd |
| 齧 | *ŋeːd |
| 褉 | *qʰeːd |
| 喫 | *ŋ̊ʰeːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰeːɡ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 契 (OC *kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chī (chi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hek$^3$ / jaak$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hiak$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): qiah$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$chiq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qia$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chī
*** Zhuyin: ㄔ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chih
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^1$
*** Yale: chr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
*** Palladius: чи (či)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hek$^3$ / jaak$^3$
*** Yale: hek / yaak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hek$^8$ / jaak$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hég$^3$ / yag$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɛːk̚³/, /jaːk̚³/
* hek3 - literary;
* jaak3 - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: khek
Rime :
| Character | 喫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 苦擊切 |
| Baxter | khek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰek̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰiek̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰiek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰeːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 喫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6520 |
| Phonetic component | 丯 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 燩 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋ̊ʰeːɡ/ |
| Notes | 齧分化字 |

### Definitions

喫
* Alternative form of 吃 (“to eat; to suffer”)

### Compounds

* 一喫一添 / 一吃一添
* 喫東道 / 吃东道
* 喫淡酒 / 吃淡酒
* 喫甜頭 / 吃甜头
* 喫著不盡 / 吃著不尽
* 喫虎膽 / 吃虎胆
* 坐喫山崩 / 坐吃山崩
* 大喫一驚 / 大吃一惊 (dàchīyījīng)
* 省喫儉用 / 省吃俭用 (shěngchījiǎnyòng)
* 硬喫 / 硬吃

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 喫 |
| Kyūjitai | 喫󠄁 喫+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 喫󠄆 喫+&#xE0106; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* devour
* ingest
* eat or drink
* to be struck by someone or something
* smoke

#### Readings

* Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)、け (ke)
* Kan-on: かい (kai)、けき (keki)
* Kan’yō-on: きつ (kitsu, Jōyō)
* Kun: くう (kuu, 喫う)、のむ (nomu, 喫む)、すう (suu, 喫う)

#### Compounds

* 喫煙(きつえん) (kitsuen): smoking
* 喫茶(きっさ) (kissa): drinking tea
* 喫茶店(きっさてん) (kissaten): tea house
* 満喫(まんきつ) (mankitsu): having one's fill

### References

* ↑ “喫”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 喫 (MC khek). Has unusual tensing, the only other such readings being 氏 (ssi) and 雙 (ssang).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 켝〮 (Yale: khyék) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 긱〮 (kík) (Yale: kík) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [k͈ik̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [끽]

### Hanja

Wikisource 喫 (eumhun 먹을/마실 끽 (meogeul/masil kkik))
* hanja form of 끽 (“eat”)
* hanja form of 끽 (“drink”)
* hanja form of 끽 (“suffer; endure; bear”)

#### Compounds

* 금끽연 (禁喫煙, geumkkigyeon)
* 끽겁 (喫㥘, kkikgeop)
* 끽겁 (喫怯, kkikgeop)
* 끽경 (喫驚, kkikgyeong)
* 끽고 (喫苦, kkikgo)
* 끽관사 (喫官司, kkikgwansa)
* 끽긴 (喫緊, kkikgin)
* 끽긴사 (喫緊事, kkikginsa)
* 끽다 (喫茶, kkikda)
* 끽다점 (喫茶店, kkikdajeom)
* 끽반 (喫飯, kkikban)
* 끽반처 (喫飯處, kkikbancheo)
* 끽수 (喫水, kkiksu)
* 끽연 (喫煙, kkigyeon)
* 끽연실 (喫煙室, kkigyeonsil)
* 끽잔 (喫殘, kkikjan)
* 끽주 (喫酒, kkikju)
* 끽착 (喫着, kkikchak)
* 끽착부진 (喫着不盡, kkikchakbujin)
* 끽파 (喫破, kkikpa)
* 끽포락치 (喫泡落齒, kkikporakchi)
* 끽휴 (喫虧, kkikhyu)
* 돈끽 (頓喫, donkkik)
* 만끽 (滿喫, mankkik)
* 매끽 (賣喫, maekkik)
* 몰끽 (沒喫, molkkik)
* 병끽 (賆喫, byeongkkik)
* 수끽 (受喫, sukkik)
* 포끽 (飽喫, pokkik)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

喫: Hán Nôm readings: khịt, khế, khịa, khiết, ngật
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